. My foreign doves and pigeons. Pigeons. 3- MY FOREIGN DO\ES AND PIGEONS. Phosphate of Iron given also daily in water. This is a splendid tonic for a weak or ailing bird. For Wounds.—Sometimes a bird will get its head nearly scalped, its forehead knocked, or its shoulder butts scraped raw, with flying against the wire. Wash the wound clean and dry it gently, then smear on a little vaseline or "New ; The latter is an antiseptic, and dries in a few moments after being applied, forming a coating over the wound. Care must be taken to cleanse the place first or you only seal the germ
. My foreign doves and pigeons. Pigeons. 3- MY FOREIGN DO\ES AND PIGEONS. Phosphate of Iron given also daily in water. This is a splendid tonic for a weak or ailing bird. For Wounds.—Sometimes a bird will get its head nearly scalped, its forehead knocked, or its shoulder butts scraped raw, with flying against the wire. Wash the wound clean and dry it gently, then smear on a little vaseline or "New ; The latter is an antiseptic, and dries in a few moments after being applied, forming a coating over the wound. Care must be taken to cleanse the place first or you only seal the germs in. It smarts very much at first, but has a soothing feeling later. The bird should be held till the application has dried. Roup.—This is a most dangerous and infectious disease. I have found Bleeding Heart pigeons especially liable to it, and have also had one case of a delicate young Bronzewing that caught the infection and died. .\ bird suffering from roup may, for the first few days, look as if little ailed it, but a close observation will show the beak slightly open, and on examination you will find one or more small whitish growths under the skin inside the mouth and throat. If these are not removed and the afflicted parts dressed they quickly increase in size and fill up the throat till the bird dies of suffocation. I once had an outbreak of roup amongst my birds (though they were in an heated aviary), and at the time it started I knew of no sure remedy. I thought that to try and remove the growths only was but to torture the sufferer; further, I did not care much for handling a bird with roup. I have read that blood-poisoning may in this way be con- veyed to human beings if there is any scratch on the hands. I did nothing for a fine cock Bleeding Heart, and hoped against hope he would recover. He seemed fairly well for over a week, but had increasing difficulty in swallowing food, and one morning was found dead. The next bird attacked was a hen, and later two othe
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